Eldritch Knight with a 2 level dip into Wizard for bladesinger. The two levels in wizards gives you the bladesong and the spell slots you’ll need to reliably be able to cast shield. Very tanky and mobile build.
Grab a lot of utility cantrips and rituals for a versatile play style that doesn’t lose out in power.
I've looked at bladeslinging a few times, I don't see the appeal? On the face of it, it looks like a cool feature, but it's just so overwhelming vs a +4 to saves.
A bonus to AC which you'll need seeing a you can't be in medium/heavy armour shield, no 2Hweapon. you're better with a cleric dip for zero restrictions on armor/shield.
+10 walking speed, I can get this with longstrider.
Adv on Acrobatics checks, mediocre. OK dex and prof in acrobatics is similar.
INT modifier bonus to CON saves for concentration. Ho hum?
A decent mutliclass character will provide better than all this, with more benefits beyond.
I just hope i'm missing something, it's not bad, but war magic seems plain better?....
You would have to roll a natural 1 twice because you take the higher or the rolls
You get the extra attack feature at level 6
Here are my go-to
1. Fighter + anything = Learning to play
2. Paladin (sune) + bard = Love war Machine
3. Ranger + Fighter + rouge = archer
4. Druid + Cleric = healer
5. Sorcerer + bard = plucky caster
I didn’t see what you did there.